Red denotes states won by the Chavismo. Blue denotes those won by the Opposition.
Regional elections were held in Venezuela on 31 October 2004 to elect 22 governors and 2 metropolitan mayors for a four-year term beginning in 2004 and ending in 2008, when the next regional elections were held. The elections were originally scheduled for 26 September 2004, but faced technical issues[1] and an application for annulment requested by the opposition,[2] and were held under high political pressure after the events of the recall referendum of August 2004.[3][4] The ongoing political crisis in the country and the proximity of the two electoral processes marked the environment of the elections,[5] which were won by the candidates supported by the president, Hugo Chavez.[6][7]
Following, the list of three main candidates according to their political affiliation (government, opposition and dissident or independent) ordered by number of votes attained. The political affiliation is determined by the political parties supporting each candidate. For the 2004 elections, government candidates were supported by the Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) party; opposition candidates were supported by either Democratic Action (AD), Justice First Movement (PJ), A New Era (UNT), or the Political Electoral Independent Organization Committee (COPEI) party; and independent candidates were mostly supported by regional parties.
^Hellinger, Daniel (May 2005). "When "No" Means "Yes to Revolution": Electoral Politics in Bolivarian Venezuela". Latin American Perspectives. Vol. 32, no. 142, number 3. pp. 8–32. doi:10.1177/0094582X05275530. JSTOR30040240.
